Jaanika Erne

Jaanika Erne, M.A: EU Law, University of London, King's College, 2008; M.A: Law, University of Tartu, 2004; LL.M: Public International Law, University of Helsinki, 2003; Ph.D Candidate at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu. In 1987-1999 J. Erne has studied Theology and although those studies remained unfinished, they have influenced her understanding of the World. J. Erne reads two courses on protection of human rights and rights in Europe at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu. Since Autumn Term 2009, she is a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science and Governance of the Tallinn University. Areas of interest: public international law; human rights law; protection of rights; internal and international policy- and decision-making; historical and contemporary interaction of law and society and what may be learned from that; how morals becomes law.

On Ensurance of Fair Trial Rights, Negotiation Directives, and Next Steps on Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

0:12, 22 March 2010

Source: Europa - Press room

On 9^th March 2010, the European Commission proposed legislation that hopefully helps people exercise their fair trial rights anywhere in the EU when they cannot understand the language of the case: http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/intro/news_intro_en.htm

On 17th March 2010, the European Commission proposed negotiation directives for the EU’s accession to the ECHR: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/84&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

On 18th March 2010, Viviane Reding, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship introduced her priority steps for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship in the EU http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/108&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en